Chill Capy vs Bichinho
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chill Capy
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Chill Capy is a modern take on the classic virtual pet: a capybara who lives in a hot spring, wears a yuzu on his head, and is completely, permanently unbothered. Feed him snacks. Give him baths. Soak with him in the onsen. Dress him in ridiculous hats. He'll blink at you, squeak, and be genuinely thrilled you exist. A PET WHO NEVER PUNISHES YOU Classic virtual pets guilt you into coming back. Capy doesn't. Skip a day — skip a week — and he never dies, never runs away, never lectures. His mood droops, he gets dramatic about snacks, and the moment you're back he's delighted. Care is a warm routine, not a hostage situation. A HOT SPRING THAT LIVES His onsen follows the real time of day: sunrise light in the morning, stars and steam at night. Yuzu bob in the water, ripples spread, and as Capy levels up the neighborhood notices — a bird moves in, then a turtle, a duck, a frog. Decorate it with lanterns, bonsai and fairy lights. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Add the widget: Capy in his current outfit, his mood and his line, your streak and the next event, on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. It keeps up through the day, even with the app closed. THREE TINY GAMES Yuzu Drop (catch the falling citrus), Bubble Pop (pop the fizz) and Steam Says (the stones hum a pattern — hum it back). Games earn coins for snacks, hats and decorations. DRESS HIM UP Over thirty fits across four slots: straw hats, flower crowns, heart shades, knit scarves, duck floaties. EIGHT SEASONS AT THE ONSEN Something is always blooming: Warm Hearts in February, Sakura Soak in spring, Hydrangea Rain in June, Summer Splash, Moon Viewing under the harvest moon, Spooky Springs, Autumn Leaves and the winter Yuzu Festival — straight out of the real capybara onsen tradition. Each brings its own weather to the hot spring, limited fits and decorations, and bonus coins. PLAYDATES WITH FRIENDS Your capy is a scannable code. Meet a friend, scan each other, and your capybaras soak together — friendship grows to five hearts and pays out daily. Far away? Send your invite link: friends who have Chill Capy get a playdate, friends who don't get the app first — and a welcome gift. Send postcards from your onsen to your story. Bring three friends into your crew and earn the Friendship Bandana — it can't be bought. No account needed. STREAKS, QUESTS AND KEEPSAKES A daily reward calendar, three little missions a day, achievements, lifetime stats and a daily capybara fact. Streak freezes exist because life happens. NO ACCOUNT, PLAYS OFFLINE No sign-up, no login, no wifi needed to care for him. Your capybara lives on your device — and a backup code moves him to a new phone. IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, 日本語, 한국어, 繁體中文, Português and Español. Chill Club is an optional subscription (with a lifetime option): it removes interstitial ads, adds daily gems, boosts coins, protects your streak, and unlocks member-only fits plus every seasonal item. Gem packs are one-time purchases. The pet, the games and the care loop are never paywalled. Privacy policy: https://chill.chinesepowered.com/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Bichinho
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Feed it. Play with it. Clean up after it. Talk to it. Ignore it, and it gets sick. Ignore that, and it dies. Bichinho is a virtual pet the way they were in the 90s — a tiny creature that keeps living while you're not looking. No pause button. It runs in real time: hungry at lunch, sleepy at bedtime, calling for you at 3 in the afternoon whether your phone is in your hand or in your pocket. NOW IT TALKS Hold the mic and say anything. It listens, thinks, and answers out loud in its own little voice — squeaky as a baby, grumpy if it grew up grumpy. It greets you when you come back, complains when it's hungry, mumbles in its sleep and texts you when it misses you. On iPhones with Apple Intelligence its lines are written fresh on your phone; everywhere else it has hundreds of its own. Nothing is ever sent to a server. IT HATCHES IN A MINUTE Tap the egg to hurry it along. The first hour is the newborn hour: it wants feeding every few minutes, it poops constantly and it never sleeps. Survive that, and things calm down. IT GROWS UP HOW YOU RAISED IT Pingo the baby becomes Bolota the child becomes Zóio the teen. What it grows into after that depends on how well you looked after it — a sun-maned Jubão if you were attentive, a chill Sossegado if you were mostly around, a grumpy Rabugento if you weren't. HAND-PAINTED WORLDS Play on the classic green LCD with pixel art and square-wave beeps, or in the colour world, where every pet, item and world is hand-painted like a storybook. Travel through six eras, from the Stone Age to Space, under a sky that follows the real time of day, with painted nights, weather and visitors, and holidays in every era: Halloween, Christmas, Carnaval, Festa Junina, Easter and more. DRESS IT UP Keep its daily streak to unlock hats, spend era coins on costumes, and pick up outfit packs like Dino, Pirate, Unicorn and Football. Every outfit is painted on every pet. BICHINHO WORLD • Walk together — your real steps are its exercise • Food camera — show it real food and watch it react • Dream diary — every morning, what it dreamed last night • Jokenpô — rock, paper, scissors against your pet ALWAYS WITH YOU It lives in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen, and Home Screen widgets show how it's doing at a glance. Ask Siri: "Feed Bichinho" or "How is Bichinho?" MADE TO BE LEFT ALONE — A BIT No account, no ads. Set its bedtime to match yours and a night away is fine. A whole day of neglect is not. BICHINHO PRO One purchase, no subscription: keep the colour world after the free days, remember every pet you've raised in the Hall of Past Pets, and keep every dream in the diary. The classic green screen is free forever. Bichinho is what these were called in Brazil: bichinho virtual, the little creature everyone had on their backpack. This one is built from scratch — original creatures, original art, the same rules of care. Every Bichinho is one of a kind. Name it well.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Bichinho at none against Chill Capy's shown. Bichinho also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). Chill Capy's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Chill Capy sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Bichinho sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chill Capy ships an update every 2 weeks, Bichinho every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chill Capy | Bichinho |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Nelson Lai | Manfred Junior Evald Ferdinand Walter Zedazi |
In-app purchases
Chill Capy
- Chill Club Monthly$4.991 Month
- Chill Club Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Welcome Bundle$1.99
- 100 Zen Gems$1.99
- 320 Zen Gems$4.99
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- 750 Zen Gems$9.99
- 1,700 Zen Gems$19.99
- Chill Club Lifetime$49.99
Bichinho
- Netherlands Pack$0.99
- France Pack$0.99
- Portugal Pack$0.99
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- Germany Pack$0.99
- Italy Pack$0.99
- Japan Pack$0.99
- Spain Pack$0.99
- England Pack$0.99
- USA Pack$0.99
- All 12 Nations$4.99









